Distribution of short interstitial telomere motifs in two plant genomes: putative origin and function

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Distribution of telo boxes in A. thaliana and O. sativa genomes

Genome compartment	Size	Telo counts	Telo Freq. (nb/Mb)	Telo expected	χ²	P	χ²	P
A. thaliana
Genome	135709386	21057	155.2
5'UTR	3614786	2426	680.3	561	6372	0.E+00	8381	0,00E+000
3'UTR	6019104	527	87	934	186	3.E-42
Intron	25425536	3829	150.7	3945	4	4.E-02
CDS	39588516	2966	74.9	6143	2319	0.E+00
Other	61061444	11309	185.2	9474	646	2.E-142
O. sativa
Genome	378522865	30686	81.1
5'UTR	7907129	2463	311.5	641	5289	0.E+00	13143	0,00E+000
3'UTR	15330979	460	30	1243	514	9.E-114
Intron	102300755	7367	72	8293	142	1.E-32
CDS	91775879	1489	16/02/10	7440	6284	0.E+00
Other	161208123	18907	117.3	13069	4543	0.E+00

Number of telo box motifs in the different compartments (5'UTR, 3'UTR, Introns, CDS) of A. thaliana and O. sativa genomes. A chi-square test was performed to assess deviation from the expected uniform distribution.

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